Year(s) Funded: 2014-2015
Topic(s): Health Reform, Health Services, Healthcare Financing, Hospitals and Clinics
Project Lead: Ira Moscovice
The Affordable Care Act authorized CMS to implement two programs focused on realigning hospitalsÂ’ financial incentives to provide high quality care: the Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. A significant number of rural hospitals have received VBP and/or readmission penalties. The purpose of this project is to assess the initial impacts of the CMS Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) and Readmission Reduction Programs on rural PPS hospitals. This project has two parts: a quantitative analysis of VBP bonus and penalty data and readmission penalty data and a qualitative analysis of rural hospital behavior change in response to these programs.
Related Publications
- Which Rural and Urban Hospitals Have Received Readmission Penalties Over Time?, October 7th, 2015
- Case Studies of Regional Extension Centers Serving Rural Practices: North Carolina, December 9th, 2013